So as I'm starting my second week of college, I'm realizing how incredibly hard diabetes is to manage. For myself and many of my other T1 friends, this is a new experience. Sure, we've been away for a week here, and did a diabetes camp there. So what now? We've graduated on from having parents texting and calling every twenty minutes to tell us to test our blood sugars (hi Mom).
So this is me. I'm Hannah, and I blog now. Well again. But more now. This is starting off as a creative outlet for me dealing with Type 1 Diabetes on the college level. I've been a T1 now for about 15, going on 16 years. I was diagnosed when I was three years old. To some that doesn't seem fair, but I honestly prefer that it happened that way. I'm so inspired by people who were diagnosed at a later age, because they still have the will to keep going even after they remember what it was like to not have to deal with diabetes. I don't remember a time without it. Life with diabetes is all I've ever known. I couldn't tell you how to begin living without diabetes.
So that's my diabetes story! My goal here is to have a creative outlet or public burn book for my diabetes while I'm living at college. I'm a Freshman studying Political Science and Theatre. At this point, I'm planning on weekly updates with diabetes stories, struggles, and advice. Hope to see you around!
Much love,
-H
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